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One of the causes of the failings in the lives of the young workers [in Palestine] is certainly the lack of family life. Here, too, there is room for observation. Here we have a phenomenon that is not…
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Aaron David Gordon
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Ottoman Palestine (Israel)
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1918
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At the beginning of the Jewish labor movement in the Pale of Settlement in Russia, Jewish youth began to return from Russian to Yiddish. This started with a free choice, as later on we chose Hebrew…
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Rachel Katznelson-Shazar
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Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, Ottoman Palestine (Kinneret, Israel)
Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, Ottoman Palestine (Kinneret)
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1918
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Love is a net that nature spreads out in order to multiply humankind. (Love also exists among animals.) Only complete love is true love. True love does not have any higher or lower…
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Ben-Tsien Liber
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1918
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Since time immemorial Jews in every city would customarily kasher the dishes they use throughout the year for Passover—glassware by soaking, and pots by heating them to a very high temperature. But a…
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Rosalea Gershenowitz, Alexander Zederbaum
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1884
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He is tall, strong, angular; his appearance as well as his speech give the impression of boldness and vigor. His voice is a high tenor ringing with mettle. And even in his quiet moments he resembles a…
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Moissaye Olgin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1918
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It is plain for all to see, sir, that our youth is abandoning our language—but why? Because in their eyes it is a dead and useless tongue. All our efforts to make them appreciate the importance of the…
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
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Paris, France
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1880
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As I was completing the first volume of this book of ours, I was on my way to Vienna, and the late scholar, Mr. [Peretz] Smolenskin of blessed memory, in his desire to complete the printing, wrote…
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Abraham Luncz
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1886
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an earlier…
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1893
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Are we always and in all circumstances united with our surroundings, so that only the synagogue, rather than society, attests to separation?
Do not believe that in such unity and cooperation I mean…
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Abraham Wertheim
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1893
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Passover is coming soon and I ask you to invite me to the seder. Let me in!I won’t cost you very much. I don’t eat kneydlekh! Don’t serve me maror, the bitter herbs—I was born with them!Do not ask me…
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David Pinski, Y. L. Peretz
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1895